28 FEBRUARY 2010 | MERCHANDISE | PREVIEW DVD BOXSET DISCS
WITH THANKS TO BBC DVD.
Preview reviewer copies (see image - far right) of the 29 March 2010 release, DOCTOR WHO - MYTHS AND LEGENDS DVD boxset have been received from BBC DVD; screengrabs are online, and a full review will appear in the next week.
Tonight, BBC ONE premiered an all-new trailer for Steven Moffat's DOCTOR WHO SERIES 5 with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan. The official BBC YOU TUBE release is below.
The 40 second trailer features the Doctor and Amy being "sucked into an earth-based vortex" to encounter visions of the future: a dalek, a weeping angel that the Doctor vaporises, a double-faced alien creature and a silurian.
The BBC are promoting the broadcast period as Easter 2010. eyeofhorus.org.uk continues, as we have since January, to state that the broadcast date will be Saturday 3 April 2010.
The trailer is available in UK cinemas as a 3D version shown during Tim Burton's ALICE IN WONDERLAND movie.
EXTRA
16 FEBRUARY 2010 | SERIES 5 | PROMOTIONAL IMAGE
DOCTOR WHO - SERIES 5 is being promoted with a newly released composite image of Matt Smith and Karen Gillan surrealistically floating either in a very large PLANET OF THE GIANTS homage (a very large sink plug hole) or in the re-working of the space-time vortex.
Not very sophisticated or mysterious or enticing or enigmatic unlike the "Do you want to come with me?" of Eccleston. Definitely aimed at the DOCTOR WHO ADVENTURES market of pre-teens.
Images of dalek and "weeping angels" placed in a clear "bubble" are reminiscent of McCoy's opening titles.
On Saturday 20 February the second taster for DOCTOR WHO - SERIES 5 will be broadcast on BBC ONE during "early evening". It airs at 18:29.
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6 FEBRUARY 2010 | MERCHANDISE | PREVIEW DVD BOXSET DISCS
WITH THANKS TO BBC DVD.
Preview reviewer copies of the 1 March 2010 release, DOCTOR WHO - THE SPACE MUSEUM and DOCTOR WHO - THE CHASE have been received from BBC DVD, and a review & screengrabs will appear shortly. However, there a fantastically heartwarming DVD EXTRA when the original Dalek designer, Raymond Cusick meets new Dalek "re-designer", Edward Thomas on a trip to BBC WALES studios.
06.02.2010 - read the DVD review - THE SPACE MUSEUM
20.02.2010 - read the DVD review - THE CHASE
The COMING SOON preview is for DOCTOR WHO - MYTHS AND LEGENDS boxset release.
Episode titles for SERIES 5 (or SEASON 31 for the older fans) have been finally published having been spread around fan-forum sites for months.
EPISODE 1 - THE ELEVENTH HOUR - by Steven Moffat
EPISODE 2 - THE BEAST BELOW - Steven Moffat
EPISODE 3 - VICTORY OF THE DALEKS - Mark Gatiss
EXTRA
2 FEBRUARY 2010 | MERCHANDISE | DWM
Released on 4 February 2010.
EXTRA
2 FEBRUARY 2010 | MERCHANDISE | BBC DVD
The three-disc set featuring the original Doctor (William Hartnell), THE SPACE MUSEUM and THE CHASE is released 1 March 2010.
THE SPACE MUSEUM and DVD EXTRAS (SINGLE DISC):
The TARDIS jumps a time track and the travellers arrive on the planet Xeros. There they discover their own future selves displayed as exhibits in a museum established as a monument to the Galactic conquests of the warlike Morok invaders who now rule the planet. When time shifts back to normal, they realise that they must do everything they can to try to avert this potential future.
Commentary - with actors Maureen O'Brien and William Russell, writer Glyn Jones. Moderated by Peter Purves.
Defending the Museum - writer Robert Shearman provides a personal and robust defence of this somewhat forgotten story.
My Grandfather, the Doctor - Jessica Carney talks about the career of her grandfather, William Hartnell.
A Holiday for the Doctor - spoof comedy recollections of sixties Doctor Who starring Christopher Green as actress Ida Barr
Photo Galley - production and publicity photos from the story.
Coming Soon - a trail for a forthcoming DVD release + PDF Material - Radio Times listings in Adobe PDF format for viewing on PC or Mac + Programme Subtitles + Subtitle Production Notes
THE CHASE and DVD EXTRAS (TWO-DISC):
The travellers are forced to flee in the TARDIS when they learn from the Time/Space Visualiser taken from the Moroks' museum that a group of Daleks equipped with their own time machine are on their trail with orders to exterminate them.
Disc One
Commentary - stereo. With actors Maureen O'Brien, William Russell and Peter Purves, director Richard Martin.
Cusick in Cardiff - Raymond Cusick, the designer of the Daleks, visits the new series production studios in Cardiff to be shown around the TARDIS set and meet the newest version of his design. With Raymond Cusick, production designer Edward Thomas and designer Peter McKinstry.
Coming Soon - a trail for a forthcoming DVD release + PDF Material - Radio Times listings in Adobe PDF format for viewing on PC or Mac + Programme Subtitles + Subtitle Production Notes
Disc Two
The Thrill of The Chase - director Richard Martin looks back at the making of the story.
Last Stop White City - School teachers Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton were the first people from Earth to travel with the Doctor and his granddaughter Susan in their time and space vehicle, the TARDIS. From their first step into the TARDIS in 'An Unearthly Child' to their departure at the end of 'The Chase', the duo were involved in sixteen thrilling adventures that captured the imagination of a generation. This documentary tells their story. With actors William Russell, director Richard Martin, studio vision mixer Clive Doig and writer Simon Guerrier.
Daleks Conquer and Destroy - since they first appeared on our television screens in 1963, the Daleks have been a source of enduring fascination for followers of Doctor Who. But just what was their appeal? With producer Verity Lambert, Dalek designer Raymond Cusick, director Richard Martin, actress Carole Ann Ford, writer Robert Shearman, designer Matthew Savage, model unit supervisor Mike Tucker and new series Dalek voice artiste Nicholas Briggs.
Daleks Beyond the Screen - from the outset, the merchandising opportunities presented by the popularity of the Daleks was quickly realised and continues right through to the present day. With producer Verity Lambert, Dalek designer Raymond Cusick, director Richard Martin, new series Dalek voice artiste Nicholas Briggs, designer Matthew Savage, writer Robert Shearman, Doctor Who merchandise collector Mick Hall, model unit supervisor Mike Tucker, Private Eye journalist Adam MacQueen, BBC Worldwide's Kate Walsh and Dave Turbitt.
Shawcraft - The Original Monster Makers - this documentary looks at the work of Uxbridge-based Shawcraft Models, who during the sixties provided many of the props and models for Doctor Who. With BBC designers Raymond Cusick, Spencer Chapman, John Wood and Barry Newbery, and Annette Basford, the daughter of Shawcraft owner, Bill Roberts.
Follow that Dalek - an amateur 8mm cine film from 1967 looking around the premises of Shawcraft Models. The film features numerous props and models from Doctor Who, many seem for the first time in colour.
Give-a-Show Slides - sixteen stories presented on seven slides each, as featured in the Doctor Who Give-a-Show Slide Projector toy from the sixties.
Photo Gallery - production and publicity photos from the story.
EXTRA
2 FEBRUARY 2010 | MERCHANDISE | BBC AUDIO
The 4 March 2010 sees the release of David Tennant's BBC AUDIO exclusive written by James Goss, DEAD AIR.
'Hello, I'm the Doctor. And, if you can hear this, then one of us is going to die'. At the bottom of the sea, in the wreck of a floating radio station, a lost recording has been discovered. After careful restoration, it is played for the first time - to reveal something incredible. It is the voice of the Doctor, broadcasting from Radio Bravo in 1966. He has travelled to Earth in search of the Hush - a terrible weapon that kills, silences and devours anything that makes noise - and has tracked it to a boat crewed by a team of pirate DJs. With the help of feisty Liverpudlian Layla and some groovy pop music, he must trap the Hush and destroy it - before it can escape and destroy the world...
On Saturday 20 February the second taster for 
